How important is OC to you?

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The reason I ask is I am in a position to purchase a Gretzky OPC RC PSA 8 but it is OC. Seems like PSA 8 is going for $1800 on ebay while the OC is going for about half that. The price he is asking is in the ballpark but I'm more wondering what the desirability is for you guys. Would you prefer a PSA 7 or a PSA 8 OC? Looking forward to your thoughts.
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It depends on what you like in a card! For me, centering is the most important characteristic for a vintage card. Next would be surface, followed by corners and edges.

I personally don't mind wear on a card because an old card SHOULD have some wear. By contrast, poor centering is a printing issue and hurts eye appeal more than anything else other than perhaps surface damage.

But that's one of the great things about vintage cards; each one is slightly different and thus your collection will reflect your tastes!
 
I've always found it curious how they chose to measure what a properly centred card was for the 1979/80 print run. They want equal amounts of blue on either side, which puts the actual picture off centre.

I'm not convinced that was the intention of the artists that designed those cards. IMO the picture should be centred, and there should be little blue showing on the right side beyond the white frame. In other words the total blue (including the white frame on the right side) should be equal.

The current standard of perfection is to measure the blue on the right side from where the white border ends.
 
C55 said:
It depends on what you like in a card! For me, centering is the most important characteristic for a vintage card. Next would be surface, followed by corners and edges.

I personally don't mind wear on a card because an old card SHOULD have some wear. By contrast, poor centering is a printing issue and hurts eye appeal more than anything else other than perhaps surface damage.

But that's one of the great things about vintage cards; each one is slightly different and thus your collection will reflect your tastes!
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This is exactly how I feel about it.

I'd prefer the 7 to the 8OC all day long. I'd even prefer it to a 9OC.
 
Interesting - I'm one of those who doesn't mind an off-centered card, up to about 80/20. I'd much rather have four sharp corners than 50/50 centering.
 
I guess we all have different opinions here. I would actually take the 8oc over a 7 any day. Better corners, surface and edges on an 8oc than the 7 overall would get my vote. Again, everyone will differ here, but I will trade my 7's to Jeremy for his 9oc's all day long.
 
It mean absolutely nothing to me.After all with older OPC cards the percentage of off center cards probably out weights centered card about 5 to 1 or more.I really get a chuckle from those that see absolutely nothing wrong with OPC rough cut cards because "Oh well it is just OPC,we expect that". But if they see an OC card from OPC its "oh my god I can't have that". But the reasoning is exactly the same.It is just the way OPC was.While I agree a well centered card has nice eye appeal.But does a centered card with 2 rough edges really look better than one OC with perfect edges. I guess the answer is,that for some it does.Maybe PSA should start putting RC (rough cut) on all these OPC cards getting 10's that look like a meat saw did the edges. I guess the final answer is collectors will buy what appeals to them.
 
I would take the 7 over the OC8. From strictly an aesthetic perspective a 7 vs 8 won't have that much wear difference, but the centred card would have a much better aesthetic than a off centred card. That's just my opinion though, and I respect others as well.
 
I'll chime in since I've been buying 70's OPC sets for the last year or so. My number one item is NO CREASES followed by no smashed corners. I'm a little more lenient with off-center and rough-cut edges as those seem to be plentiful in the various marketplaces (Beckett, Amazon, Sportlots, COMC) that I've made purchases.
 
Its no issue with me when it's an older card like that of a big player .If i means you can afford to buy said card for a better price and know its legit then its good to me.
 
It's really up to you on your preference. In terms of resale though, collectors look more at centring than sharp corners.

It is too bad that a near perfect card, with amazing edges, surface and corners, would take such a huge hit due to centring, something that I feel is out of the control of collectors. It does make it pretty rare, but so does good edges, corners, and surfaces, given that few were really concerned about keeping cards in perfectly mint conditions.
 

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